Principal Engineer Quality 2nd Shift

Northrop Grumman•Baltimore, MD

64d•Onsite

About The Position

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history. Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is looking for a Principal Quality Engineer with experience in quality to join our team in Baltimore, MD on a dynamic and exciting program within the Northrop Grumman Corporation portfolio. In this role you will be a combat sensors program quality engineer responsible for the overall quality for a subsystem and product submittals. You will be responsible for leading the program team, factory teams and external suppliers through RCCA efforts for any quality issues related to your subsystem. You will be performing or assuring quality, drawing interpretations, data trending analysis, and maintainability of program requirements. Additional support will be with visiting various suppliers to ensure hardware and document compliance and inspections. Qualified candidates work as part of a larger team, demonstrate a high level of attention to detail, possess the ability to plan and be customer-support focused. Individuals must also have demonstrated ability to evaluate whether documents, instructions and procedures are being followed during execution of all phases of the program and demonstrate strong verbal and written communication skills. The candidate may specialize in the areas of design, incoming material and inspections, production control, product evaluation and reliability, auditing, and inventory control as they apply to product or process quality. May also be certified in lean and six-sigma quality engineering methodologies. We are looking for a driven self-starter with high initiative and a motivated self-learner to fill this position. This position is full-time on site and second shift.

Requirements

Bachelor's of Science Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in quality and/or manufacturing; OR a minimum of 3 years in quality/manufacturing with Masters degree
Experience working in a Quality environment
On-site support required working second shift
Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret security clearance
US citizenship required

Nice To Haves

Experience working with external suppliers.
Experience presenting status of quality issues to internal management and external customers.
Experience contributing to Corrective Action Board (CAB)
Experience interpreting factory and process metrics to recommend improvements or guide SRR reduction activity.
Experience with dispositioning hardware for quality related issues in a manufacturing facility.
Experience with Material Review Board (MRB) process.
Experience with SAP
Experience and/or with Earned Value and budgeting.
Experience and/or experience in support of proposals and quoting of Quality hours in bids.
Green/Black Belt Certified in Lean Six-sigma.

Responsibilities

combat sensors program quality engineer responsible for the overall quality for a subsystem and product submittals
responsible for leading the program team, factory teams and external suppliers through RCCA efforts for any quality issues related to your subsystem
performing or assuring quality, drawing interpretations, data trending analysis, and maintainability of program requirements
visiting various suppliers to ensure hardware and document compliance and inspections
evaluate whether documents, instructions and procedures are being followed during execution of all phases of the program